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Rehberg pushes FWS to complete environmental assessment on Montanore project by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio September 16, 2011 Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, is taking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to task for ongoing delays in the processing of the Montanore project near Libby, Montana. In a letter to FWS Director Daniel Ashe, Rehberg encouraged a timely completion of the environmental review that is necessary for Montanore to move forward in the process of creating jobs in Lincoln County and bolstering economic development. Rehberg says the way government creates jobs is to get out of the way and let Montana businesses do what they’re inclined to do, the situation in Libby is a prime example, says Rehberg. According to Rehberg, Federal bureaucrats have created a daunting list of hoops for job-creators to jump through. "Protect the environment," said Rehberg, "but lengthy and unnecessary administrative delays in processing environmental assessments don’t protect the environment and don't get folks back to work." The Montanore project near Libby was originally permitted in 1993 and has been in the re-permitting process since 2003. In the letter to Fish Wildlife Service, Rehberg said this project holds the potential to provide Lincoln County with new employment opportunities, which are desperately needed in a region facing double digit unemployment rates. _____________________________________________ Story by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, www.todaysbestcountryonline.com e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net.

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